It’s back to the future for family offices and private markets

Rock stars and their family offices are backing Audoo, whose smart audio meters can register the broadcasting of songs so their writers can be paid royalties, which are currently unclaimed

Ian Osborne’s VC firm Hedosophia has teamed up with a wealth of family offices to lead an investment of $100 million in Xcimer Energy which plans to use laser beams to generate power from nuclear fusion.

Over the last twenty years, active managers have lost business worth trillions to passive funds, after charging clients high fees for returns below the index